B.C. municipal leaders have thrown their weight behind a call to halt the logging of Vancouver Island’s remaining publicly owned old-growth forests. The resolution passed by a significant margin Wednesday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. Metchosin Coun. Andy MacKinnon said the aim is to transition to a logging economy based solely on second-growth…
This just in from the Park Board media office: Mayday, pagoda dogwood and crabapple trees want homes and a place to put down roots. But time is running out. The Vancouver Park Board needs planting partners to help expand the city’s tree canopy if we are going to meet our goal of 150,000 new trees…
Light is being shined on the forest sector in Kenora this week. An International Union of Forest Research Organizations conference is being held at the Clarion Lakeside Inn and Discovery Centre. John Pineau, a provincial leader with FP Innovations helping host the event, explained why it is being held. “Basically, people who work in what…
Leadership in structural and architectural wood use by local governments was recognized today at the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention in Victoria, as Wood WORKS! BC announced the winners of the 2016 Community Recognition Awards. The awards are presented annually to local governments that have been exemplary advocates for wood. This is demonstrated through the…
The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Chu Cho Industries LP on non-replaceable forest licence A62375, during the week of Oct. 3, 2016. Chu Cho Industries operates under the Economic Development Corporation of the Tsay Keh Dene Nation. The auditors will examine operational planning, harvesting, roads, bridges, silviculture, and wildfire protection practices for…
Minister Steve Thomson met with 32 coastal community mayors and councillors last night to discuss how forestry is impacting the towns and cities they represent. The meeting, organized by the Truck Loggers Association (TLA), gave mayors an opportunity to share directly with Minister Thomson what was captured in the TLA’s report, Community Perspectives On The…
Now that the dust has settled a bit about the maple tree, let’s try to gain some perspective. This was indeed an important legacy tree; losing it makes Duncan less unique. However over the last 30 years or so Vancouver Islanders have witnessed the virtual extinction of the ancient rainforest. Log by log, some 1,000…
This year Millar Western is celebrating the planting of their 200 millionth tree seedling since the company’s planting operations began in 1977. Tim McCready, Millar Western Superintendent of Forestry, said that this is a very exciting accomplishment for the company. “It’s extremely rewarding to know that we’ve got a future out there, and that there’s…
Long before Prince William was born, his great-great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, presented a royal staff to a chief of B.C.’s Heiltsuk Nation. The gift was said to be a symbol of the monarch’s commitment to helping Canadian aboriginals. On Monday morning, William and his wife, Kate, were shown the staff to remind them of that commitment…
Last week, on National Tree Day (Sept. 21), NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe) announced her Private Members’ Motion proposing the development of a federal leadership strategy to preserve, protect and promote urban forests for their life-giving value to Canadian communities. Given that much of our national identity is tied to the natural environment, I encourage…